The evolution of a quality programme within a changing environment

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-24

  Rudman, Deborah ^a,b   Hall, Mary ^b   Langlois, Sylvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

assurance, occupational therapy; clinical indicators; continuous quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0030892562     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841749706400104     Document Type: Article

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